Which setting has the best version of Egypt?
The one where it’s actually a focus and it’s not exotic piece that exists in some shitty kitchen sink
the era between Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, aka rise and fall of Atenism
>>96379342Based sun worshiper
Horus was told by his mother, Isis, to protect the people of Egypt from Set, the god of the desert, who had killed Horus' father, Osiris. Horus had many battles with Set, not only to avenge his father but to choose the rightful ruler of Egypt. In these battles, Horus came to be associated with Lower Egypt and became its patron.According to The Contendings of Horus and Seth, Set is depicted as trying to prove his dominance by seducing Horus and then having sexual intercourse with him. However, Horus places his hand between his thighs and catches Set's semen, then subsequently throws it in the river so that he may not be said to have been inseminated by Set. Horus (or Isis herself in some versions) then deliberately spreads his semen on some lettuce, which was Set's favourite food. After Set had eaten the lettuce, they went to the gods to try to settle the argument over the rule of Egypt. The gods first listened to Set's claim of dominance over Horus, and call his semen forth, but it answered from the river, invalidating his claim. Then, the gods listened to Horus' claim of having dominated Set, and call his semen forth, and it answered from inside Set.
>>96379239>amonkhet>best version of egypt>literally the universe mana toilet
Kangz.
>>96383139Reddit
>>96379239NikopolStargate Conan the barbarian
>>96379239Rifts
>>96379342>>96383028Cringe. Imagine worshipping a big ball of hot gas.Why don't you come here, I just ate a bean and cheese burritos and have some hot gas for you to worship.
>>96383101Ancient yaoi...
>>96379252Not enough bronze age settings. While certainly Egypt might take up a big role, there's plenty of other factions you can add on top.
>>96383120I don't think op is claiming its the best, just using its art due to it showing up first on a google search.
>>96379239Jaffa! Kree!
>>96383139This.>>96383353WFB isn't Reddit just because you're a subhuman TWWigger who discovered it via Reddit.
>>96383139>>96386571Only correct answers.The only other acceptable Egypt setting around is scantily clad catgirls, and only because it's nice for cooming.I don't think there is any reason a new fantasy Egypt couldn't be developed, but seems that in current year the go-to place for (fantasy) andventures is not!Europe in a renaissance(ish) era. I can see how people ight be unwilling to put the effort.
>>96379252Hot take: The limited architecture, fashion aesthetic and samey environments of deserts and oases makes ancient egypt only fit for precisely what you described and it can't sustain itself as a setting by itself. It is the small dip in it that lets it keep its mystery which is 90% of its charm.
>>96386860>t. zoomer goes full zoomI get it, you've missed the train during the late 80s and all through the 90s, since you weren't even sperm back then, but still, shame to be you.
>>96379239What are the most important things to consider or remember when creating a fantasy setting/region inspired by Ancient Egypt?
>>96390402No blacks.
>>96390402Pyramids and temples had cladding and were painted. Color existed and things didn't look like ruins.
>>96379239Conan does. They’re literally just even more ancient ancient Egyptian.
>>96379239Rifts Atlantis. It's all tentacle alien pyramid magic.
>>96390402That ancient Egypt existed for thousands of years and what may be true for the Dynastic period may not be for the Ptolemaic period, etc.
>>96390402>>96390436Pretty much this. If you're going to make your Egypt look like Nubian black people, just fucking read up on Nubia and shit and don't actively do Egypt.
>>96379239Amonhket is actually pretty cool.Fantasy has a bad habbit of making fantasy Egypt a watered down flanderized version of its self.Including lack of influence from outside it's area and always being a ruined place to be explored.By the nature of MTGs design (or at lest untill the UB labotomy) means that their settings give a good cross section.Amonket is Ggypt but hyper religiously millitant for a interloping god. Another I like, cringe as it is, Sharima.Very undercooked, exists in just art and short stories than a fleshed out setting but gives a good vibe. The idea of a high fantasy desert setting that invokes Egypt without it just being magic Egypt.
>>96383359>NikopolA man of taste, I see
>>96383101What
>>96383433>no pepperoni >not aimed at my mouthYour farts are inferior and not worth my time.
>>96396887Egyptian mythology is an experience.
>>96379239I won't say Wargod of Aegyptus has the best fantasy-Egypt setting, but I'll shill it anyways since it has nice stuff.
>>96397231>>96397245Too bad that outside the activation system the game is just a Warhammer knockoff.
>>96397257Yeah, it's clearly indebted to Warhammer Fantasy. Still plays better, though (the order/activation system is a big difference).
>>96397341>(the order/activation system is a big difference)Can you please elaborate on that for the unfamiliar?
https://media.wizards.com/2017/downloads/magic/plane-shift_amonkhet.pdf
>>96383101Fags
>>96390436>Pay no attention to the 400 year rule of the Kush Empire>The Grand Wizard of Oz has spoken
>>96379239diablo 2
>>96383101>>96386148>>96396887>>96400850This is the interpretation of a Greek and not a real myth btw
>>96400774Both players assign commands to units. They then take turns activating either one of their own or one of the enemy's units. It can result in some fun situations when you're trying to think what commands the opponent has given and whether it'd be worth it to activate one of his units to force it into an unfavorable position. Like it was said, outside of the activation system the game is just Warhammer fantasy with the same dogshit combat resolution.
>>96400774-At the beginning of each round, players place a face-down command token beside each of their units ("shoot," "charge," forward march," "spell," etc).- Players then take turns flipping one token face up to activate that unit (it can be a friendly or enemy unit).Basically what the anon above said. It's engaging, and does a reasonable job of simulating command friction. A unit will activate and perform it's order, but depending on sequence, might end up doing something unintended. Important to anticipate your opponents commands.
>>96400886Kushites has ruled Egypt proper for only 89 years.
>>96383139I really like the TK, but as a faction, they are rather one-note.
>>96379239How does Amonkhet from MtG rate, and how would you improve it?
>>96379239Unreal.
>>96405928>Unreal.Never heard of it.
>>96405928How is this now? Because I can’t find what you mean.
>>96383101They made up in the end so it’s all good>>96401117By this logic no myth is real.
>>96409837They are referring to Unreal Tournament.
>>96379239What are some good fantasy races for an Ancient Egypt setting besides cat, jackal, crocodile, and/or scorpion beastfolk (or maybe some beastfolk of bird species in Egypt)?
>>96415998see:>>96403451To-Tanem. Love those lil' guys.
>>96379239Not counting MtG of course, what setting or settings have the best take on magic in an Ancient Egyptian world, and what would one need to remember when creating their own Ancient Egyptian magic system?
>>96390436there were plenty of black people in southern egypt
>>96386860retard you have no clue how amazing egypt is. you have thousands upon thousands of years of history to work with. the wealth of inspiration is overwhelming, if anything.
>>96390436https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaharqaDumb nigger.
>>96383433>Aten :[>Amon-Ra :O
>>96428502whether or not pharaohs were or weren't black its pointless because the anon said no blacks like there weren't tons of black egyptian citizens
>>96428526Only because most of your knowledge of Ancient Egypt stems from the "The Prince of Egypt".
>>96379239Mine, sexy lizardfolk
>>96386571In my humble opinion they should never have defined kree but left it as a running gag
>>96428500Having tons of history does not make something interesting.
>>96379239Which setting has the best version of Byzantium?
>>96379239Who are the craziest egyptians? I know this is not technically egyptian
>>96379239What are some ways that a female pharaoh can take the throne in a fantasy Egypt besides acting as regent for a younger male relative?
>>96379239I hate to say it, but I found that Warhammer fantasy's not!Egypt is the best for me.
What are some hot ways to FUCK and SUCK in egypt?
>>96379239How did Ancient Egypt handle the gods in your own words, and what from their approach is worth stealing for our own settings?
>>96436935Amass power until no one can stop her from plopping her ass down on the throne, propaganda to make people accept her reign (the priesthood seems key here), and the usual bad stuff happening to people who claim the current pharaoh isn't a proper one for whatever reason?Or, being a fantasy, you could of course just have the gods choose her for the job.
>>96438886With crocodile shit up the vag.
>>96441403>in your own wordsKek
>>96383139Eh, TK are pretty bland and one note as a whole
>>96379342Thats such a dull era of egyptian myth
>>96379239What do you need to consider for sci-fi versions of Egypt, be it cyberpunk, alien, or otherwise?
>>96442967>Thats such a dull era of egyptian mythWhich era(s) do you prefer then?
>>96449206>>96448307>>96451512>>96451631>>96451790kill yourself bumpfag
>>96453622Seconding this
>>96386571>>96383139Seconding these.That said, I feel like there aren't ttrpgs that fully embrace ancient Egypt, just have them as side setpieces.
Does anyone have any good fantasy Egypt art to share please?
>>96455503no not really
>>96387589>>96428500ITT Contrarian faggots that just deny without anything to back themselves up. Everything cool about Egypt only remains cool so long as you know next to nothing about it. The allure of the exotic is what hooks people, not the actual substance of their government, religion, social culture, tech advancements, methods of warfare, economy, or anything else that they've actually done and embraced. It's all about the pyramids and the hieroglyphics, just being older than everyone else and still having the biggest pile of rocks.
>>96455503Here you go anon!
>>96455503
>>96390402How the Nile was central to everything.
>>96379239Space-faring, technologically advanced Ancient Egypt, built up like a hermetic cult, is what got me to collect Thousand Sons, unironically.*chef kiss*
>>96488275coolest legion
>>96386261>Not enough bronze age settings.Have you considered Runequest?
>>96386860>>96457161A few cool things about Ancient Egypt, specifically, in contrast to other "bronze age" states or the stereotype:- The Nile's overwhelming importance. The terrain of Egypt is not "deserts and oases," it's basically a giant line that creates a 1 dimensional country.- Until 1960, the Nile would regularly flood every single year, slowly washing away any buildings. Bad for archaeologists, but a cool and unique thing you don't see elsewhere.- Egypt was, in fact, not always politically unified, nor was it an ethnic monoculture; the Hyksos (probably Canaanite settlers) took over north Egypt, at the same time the Kushites were pushing up from the south, and probably they formed an alliance to buttfuck them- Chariots. Horses hadn't gotten big enough to ride them to war yet, is my understanding.- They quite often had pet monkeys.- They thought basically every animal was sacred to some god or another. While the Greeks no doubt exaggerated this in some of their accounts, it was a real tendency. Crocodile cults were more common in rural Egypt, though they were found mummified in Thebes and the city the Greeks called Crocodilopolis.
>>96379239Real life
>>96489056>Have you considered Runequest?NTA, but why Runequest?
>>96400886>pay no attention to the roughly 4 to 5 millenia of actual egyptian rule, focus only on the couple decades when interlopers conquered egyptFun fact, greeks ruled longer over Egypt that your precious darkies.
>>96447082Cyber brain implants so that that a copy of themselves can be allowed to be judged by the AI Anubis and found worthy or wanting and given their just reward.
>>96379239If we're talking about it just being a part of a larger setting then unironically Warhammer. Both Tomb Kings and Necrons are way more interesting than any other ancient Egypt faction/location out there.I haven't been exposed much to dedicated ancient Egypt settings though.
>>96488275
>>96495327...as did Persians, and Assyrians (through local vassals), and Romans, and the Hyksos (admittedly by only a couple more years).
>>96501150Man the native Egyptians have a poor track record of ruling themselves.
>>96505133Aside from the Hyksos, they had a good 2,500 year run before all that.
>>96505378I’ve never heard of the Hyksos before. I’d love to hear more.
>>96509151Seconding please.
>>96425890Bro
>>96512555That takes me back. Of course, it stopped being about Egypt several series ago.
>>96436935She wins the lottery?
>>96453622>>96454392bump
>>96457161>religionWtf? Their gods and priests are the most popular part
>>96383101Thank God Seth lived, he makes so entertaining videos,
>>96433966Wait wait but what is it?
>>96509151>>96512346Do you not know about internet search engines?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyksos>>96522971ghoul headquarters from a European comic, called vampire knight requiem, they are a bunch of bandaged wrapping/skinstealing techno beings living in hell/requiem
>>96519611Never played it, what in particular makes it so great?
>>96457161>what hooks peopleWhich people?
If I made an RPG where you recruited mythological monsters to fight for you set in ancient Egypt, what kind of monsters would you want recruitable?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Ts3DuFLDgThis is what Egypt should feel like.
>>96457161There are plenty of well-liked historical novels set in ancient Egypt that point towards a lot of people in fact finding it cool.
>>96379239How would you give races like elves or orcs an Egyptian twist?
>>96433155Conan the Barbarian is the only setting right now I can think of that even has Byzantium
>>96495327>>pay no attention to the roughly 4 to 5 millenia of actual egyptian rule, focus only on the couple decades when interlopers conquered egypt>Fun fact, greeks ruled longer over Egypt that your precious darkies.Nubia was part of the Egyptian empire frequently, even when they weren't ruling it. I hate how you racists just want to write out all black people from history because you're triggered by Doctor Who or something.
>>96383433The Sun created our world, the forces it unleashed congealing our planet together.The Sun lights our world, shining upon us to give us light at day.The Sun heats the world, for without it we would freeze and perish.The Sun is more worthy of reverence then any cringe 'deity', thought up by the human mind to reflect our self-image an issues.The Sun is Real, and is the only truly worthy object of worship for Humanity.Praise the Sun!
>>96379239The one where it is a major political player in the great political game of empires in the world.
>>96540751Okay… so basically real life in the past then?
This thread has been up for almost an entire month. That's how dead this place is now.
>>96379239Kemet
>>96397231Based. I'm working on my Sebeki crocochads now. I have never played the game just like the minis :)
